Table 2.

Results of AMOVA of Termitomyces symbionts at three hierarchical levels.

Source of variation	d.f.	Sum of squares	Variance component	% variation	Fixation indices	P value
Between genera	2	2064.85	28.72	47	ΦCT = 0.47	0.0029
Among species within genera	5	439.53	11.18	18	ΦSC = 0.34	0.0020
Within species	77	1677.90	21.79	35	ΦST = 0.65	< 0.0001
Total	84	4182.27	61.68	100
Within Odontotermes: ΦST = 0.25 (p < 0.001)
Comparison	Pairwise ΦST		P value
latericius & transvaalensis	0.34		p < 0.001
latericius & badius	0.23		p = 0.002
transvaalensis & badius	0.08		p = 0.19; n.s.
Within Microtermes: ΦST = 0.13 (p = 0.08)			0.37
Comparison	Pairwise ΦST		P value
Sp. I & sp. II	0.21		p = 0.11; n.s.
Sp. I & sp. III	0.01		p = 0.58; n.s.
Sp. I & sp. IV	0.27		p = 0.13; n.s.
Sp. II & sp. III	0.10		p = 0.36; n.s.
Sp. II & sp. IV	-0.36		p = 0.99; n.s.
Sp. III & sp. IV	0.37		P = 0.04
Sp. I & sp. III	0.01		p = 0.58; n.s.
Sp. I & sp. IV	0.27		p = 0.13; n.s.
Sp. II & sp. III	0.10		p = 0.36; n.s.
Sp. II & sp. IV	-0.36		p = 0.99; n.s.
Sp. III & sp. IV	0.37		P = 0.04